Friday, November 21, 2014
Bill Cosby JOKES he is an 'evil man' and gets standing ovation in first performance since latest wave of rape allegations
Embattled TV icon Bill Cosby performed a parody about being 'an evil man' on Thursday night during his first public appearance since multiple fresh rape allegations were leveled against him.
Opening a comedy show for a charity organization in the Bahamas, the 77-year-old - who is yet to officially comment on the latest women who have come forward claiming Cosby drugged and raped them - put his head in his hands and pretended to sob, new video obtained by The MailOnline has revealed.
He joked that parents would not let their children near him, as fans in the audience laughed and applauded the skit.
'Parents are coming and taking their children home, saying to me ''Bill Cosby you are an evil man!'',' the entertainer said through faux tears on stage.
But the entertainer then shook it off, smiled, and started what became a well-scripted 90 minute performance.
A total of nine women have now come forward this month claiming the famed entertainer abused them.
Another woman has come forward this week to accuse Bill Cosby of sexually assaulting her in a luxury Las Vegas hotel suite after trying to ply her with alcohol.
Angela Leslie, a former model and actress, claimed that the TV star forced her to masturbate him after pouring her a strong drink.
Leslie, now 52, was reportedly invited to meet Cosby at his hotel in 1992 after sending him a letter and photograph. She was hoping to get career advice from the star after initially meeting the comedian two years previously on the set of The Cosby Show.
Cosby's staff had originally sent her money orders of $700 and $800, telling her to come to meet Cosby in California, she claimed. But she fell ill and two years later, went to meet him in Vegas.
Leslie told the Daily News that she checked into her hotel room at the Flamingo and Bill Cosby invited her to his suite, with the meeting quickly turning into an audition.
Leslie, of Warren, Michigan, said that Cosby poured her a drink and told her to act like she was drunk - but she couldn't drink the strong concoction.
THE WOMEN WHO SAY THEY WERE ATTACKED BY COSBY
Andrea Constand - A Temple University employee, she claimed in 2006 that Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her in his Philadelphia-area mansion two years earlier. Cosby eventually settled this suit out of court as the prosecution said they had 13 Jane Does who would testify Cosby did the same to them in the past.
Barbara Bowman - Bowman told MailOnline that Cosby raped and drugged her back in 1985 when she was a 17-year-old aspiring actress. Bowman was one of the 13 Jane Does in the 2006 trial against Cosby.
Joan Tarshis - Tarshis claimed that she was just 19-years-old when Cosby drugged and raped her twice in Hollywood back in 1969 while she was working as a writer for him.
Janice Dickinson - The supermodel said in an interview that Cosby asked her to come to Lake Tahoe and talk about a television role in 1982, but ended up drugging and raping her.
Tamara Green - Green, who first came forward in 2005 told MailOnline that she was an aspiring actress in the 1970s when Cosby gave her pills and pretended to care for her while she had the flu, but instead sexually assaulted her.
Therese Serignese - Also one of the 13 Jane Does, she says she was 19 when Cosby drugged and raped her in Las Vegas after one of his shows.
Louisa Moritz - She accused Cosby of sexual assault, saying he once forced her into oral sex, backstage at The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1971, and implied he would further her career if she went through with it.
Linda Joy Traitz - She said earlier this week that she was just 19 when Cosby drove her out to a beach and tried to get her to take pills to relax, before becoming 'sexually aggressive'. Traitz, of Hallandale Beach, Florida, has been charged in the past with trafficking pills. Cosby's attorney, Marty Singer, is trying to use Traitz's past to discredit her claims against his client.
Beth Ferrier - Beth Ferrier claims she had relationship with Cosby in the mid-1980s. She claims that she awoke in her car with her clothes in disarray and not remembering what had happened. Ferrier has claimed that he drugged her coffee.
Carla Ferrigno - The wife of Incredible Hulk star Lou Ferrigno, claims Cosby tried to sexually assault her during a gathering at his house in 1967. What's more, Cosby allegedly tried to use a friend to help court Ferrigno, and allegedly made his move on the former Playboy Bunny just moments after his own wife, Camille, left the room.
Andrea Leslie - The former model-actress claims that Cosby forced her to masturbate him in his Vegas hotel suite after giving her a strong drink in 1992.
She went to the bathroom and when she came back, Cosby was in bed and naked.
She claimed that Cosby then began to rub against her, poured lotion on her hand and put his hand on top of hers and began to massage his penis.
She told the News: 'He masturbated with my hand. I wasn’t pulling back. I was in shock.'
The 52-year-old said she believes that the cocktail Cosby gave her was drugged.
But she didn't pass out and after the alleged sexual attack, she said that Cosby wanted rid of her.
She added: 'I felt so used. I felt that he didn’t get what he wanted, and he threw me out... He didn’t make me feel special in any way. He said, ''Come here, put your hand here, do this.'''
Leslie's allegations adds to the growing number of alleged victims of the TV star.
The 52-year-old, who now works in logistics management, said she now felt strong enough to come forward after hearing the accounts of other women.
She told the Daily News: 'He is that type of person, a predator. It doesn’t matter your age, he’s going to put his hands on you and degrade you.'
Cosby has remained silent on the growing number of sexual assault and rape allegations against him.
Cosby's lawyer, Marty Singer, had not responded to MailOnline's request for comment at the time of publication on Friday.
The comedian made his first public appearance on Thursday night since nine women have come forward this month to say they were attacked by the entertainer.
The 77-year-old TV icon carried off his well- scripted performance in front of a tame audience in the Bahamas but was given a standing ovation.
The show was also a benefit for a businesswomen's volunteer group, The Links, a non-profit which raises money for African-Americans in youth projects, the arts and health services.
Actress Louisa Moritz came forward on Thursday and accused Cosby of sexual assault, saying he once forced her into oral sex and implied he would further her career if she went through with it.
Moritz, 68, said that she was backstage at The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1971 when Cosby stuck his penis in her mouth.
The One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest actress told TMZ: 'He took his hands and put them on the back of my head and forced his penis in my mouth, saying, "have a taste of this. It will do you good in so many ways."'
Cosby then left the room and said, 'Now you don't want to upset me and the plans for your future, do you?'
Moritz says she now plans on filing a civil suit.
As for his Thursday comedy routine, Cosby failed to make an appearance at the after-show reception held in his honor, which his wife Camille attended instead. She left the luxurious Atlantis Resort after an hour in a second hand Toyota Jeep.
During his stage show, talked about his long marriage to Camille.
He told the audience: 'If you are a wise man you will grow to be a wise old man by following this simple rule - just do what you are told. Don't argue just do what you are told.'
He recounted how he had been bullied into attending his grandchild's first birthday party.
He said: 'The grandchild is one year old. And my wife said, ''today we are going to her birthday party.'''
'I said I didn't want to go, that my grandchild would not be scared by her granddaddy was not there. She wouldn't even know! But my wife said, ''you're going!''
Cosby went on to describe his time in the U.S. Navy. He said: 'We would sit around lying.
One guy would say; ''I scored the winning touch down for some important football match''. And the other guys would say that had done the same, at the same match!'
at the same match!'
The show must go on: Cosby took the stage at a luxury Bahamas resort on Thursday and riffed on his long marriage to wife Camille
Cosby described his early life growing up in the projects of Philadelphia. He said: 'Life was tough growing up in the projects. Life was lived in public, out loud. If my mama was going to beat me she would let everyone know.
'She would announce it to the world, ''I'm going to beat you to within an inch of your life'', she would say. That was a difficult judgement. What if she went just a step too far!
'But it was my dad who had to carry out the punishment. It's dads who have to kill the kids.
'He would come up the stairs ready to beat me without even knowing what I had done!
'He would say: ''what have you done now?'''
Cosby did not mention his years of adultery or the growing allegations that he drugged and raped over a dozen women.
However Cosby alluded to the sex scandal surrounding him on an ab lib when a phone phone went off in the audience.
He broke off mid sentence to say: 'Tell them I'm not here'.
Cosby was given a rousing applause as he left the stage.
No one from the audience mentioned the sex assault allegations against the star.
Cosby fans tonight also gave the star their backing.
David Friemann, 62, from New Jersey, said: 'I don't care what these girls are saying about Bill Crosby I like him, he's s good guy.'
Duane Boakes, 57, from Atlanta, Georgia, said: 'I love Bill Crosby. He has been my hero since I was a kid. I ain't going to stop supporting him now.'
source: dailmail